Remove “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” pop-up scam

The Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans alert is classified as misleading advertising. It is designed to trick you into calling a fake Tech Support service. If you are seeing this unwanted page then it is possible that ‘ad-supported’ software (also known as adware) was installed on your PC system. As a result of the adware infection, your browser will be full of ads (pop-ups, banners, in-text links, offers to install an undesired applications) and your PC will be slower and slower.

The “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” alert is a misleading advertising

The ‘ad supported’ software that causes multiple misleading “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” alerts and pop-ups, is not a virus, but the virus behaves similarly. As a rootkit hides in the system, alters browser settings and blocks them from changing. Also the ad-supported software can install additional web-browser extensions and modules that will inject advertising links within the Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Edge and Mozilla Firefox’s screen. Moreover, the ad supported software may install internet browser hijacker that once started, will alter the browser’s start page and search provider.

Even worse, the adware can be used to collect a wide variety of privacy info such as what webpages you are opening, what you are looking for the Net and so on. This personal information, later, may be transferred third party companies.

It’s important, don’t trust “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” web site and don’t click on links placed on it, as they can lead you to a more malicious or misleading pages. The best option is to use the tutorial posted below to free your computer of adware and thereby delete “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” popup.

How to remove “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” pop up scam

We recommend opting for automatic “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” fake alerts removal in order to remove all adware related entries easily. This solution requires scanning the system with reputable anti-malware, e.g. Zemana Anti-Malware, MalwareBytes AntiMalware (MBAM) or HitmanPro. However, if you prefer manual removal steps, you can use the guidance below in this blog post. Read it once, after doing so, please print this page as you may need to shut down your internet browser or reboot your personal computer.

How to manually get rid of “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans”

The following instructions is a step-by-step guide, which will help you manually remove “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” pop up from the Internet Explorer, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge.

Uninstall adware through the MS Windows Control Panel

First of all, check the list of installed software on your PC system and remove all unknown and recently installed apps. If you see an unknown application with incorrect spelling or varying capital letters, it have most likely been installed by malicious software and you should clean it off first with malware removal tool such as Zemana Anti-malware.

Make sure you have closed all internet browsers and other programs. Next, delete any undesired and suspicious software from your Control panel.

Look around the entire list of programs installed on your computer. Most probably, one of them is the adware that displays misleading “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” pop-up warnings on your computer. Choose the suspicious program or the program that name is not familiar to you and remove it.

Windows Vista, 7

From the “Start” menu in Microsoft Windows, select “Control Panel”. Under the “Programs” icon, select “Uninstall a program”.

Choose the suspicious or any unknown software, then click “Uninstall/Change” button to uninstall this unwanted application from your system.

First, launch the Mozilla Firefox. Next, click the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will open the drop-down menu. Next, click the Help button ().

In the Help menu click the “Troubleshooting Information”. In the upper-right corner of the “Troubleshooting Information” page click on “Refresh Firefox” button like below.

Confirm your action, click the “Refresh Firefox”.

Remove “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” pop up from Chrome

If your Google Chrome internet browser is redirected to intrusive “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” web-page, it may be necessary to completely reset your web browser program to its default settings.

First start the Chrome. Next, click the button in the form of three horizontal dots ().

It will open the Google Chrome menu. Select More Tools, then click Extensions. Carefully browse through the list of installed extensions. If the list has the addon signed with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following guidance: Remove Google Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy.

Open the Chrome menu once again. Further, press the option called “Settings”.

The internet browser will display the settings screen. Another method to display the Chrome’s settings – type chrome://settings in the web browser adress bar and press Enter

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the “Advanced” link. Now scroll down until the “Reset” section is visible, as displayed on the screen below and click the “Reset settings to their original defaults” button.

The Chrome will show the confirmation prompt as displayed on the screen below.

You need to confirm your action, click the “Reset” button. The browser will run the process of cleaning. When it is done, the internet browser’s settings including new tab, search provider by default and home page back to the values that have been when the Google Chrome was first installed on your computer.

You will now need to restart your system for the changes to take effect. It will remove ‘ad supported’ software that displays misleading “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” pop-up scam on your computer, disable malicious and ad-supported browser’s extensions and restore the Internet Explorer’s settings like startpage, new tab and default search provider to default state.

How to automatically get rid of “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” pop-up scam

Use malicious software removal utilities to remove “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” pop up scam automatically. The free applications utilities specially designed for browser hijacker infections, adware and other potentially unwanted programs removal. These tools may remove most of ‘ad supported’ software from Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and MS Edge. Moreover, it can remove all components of ad supported software from Windows registry and system drives.

How to automatically remove “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” pop-up with Zemana Anti-malware

Zemana Anti-malware is a tool which can remove ad supported software, PUPs, hijackers and other malware from your machine easily and for free. Zemana Anti-malware is compatible with most antivirus software. It works under Windows (10 – XP, 32 and 64 bit) and uses minimum of system resources.

Visit the following page to download the latest version of Zemana AntiMalware (ZAM) for Windows. Save it to your Desktop.

When the download is done, close all applications and windows on your personal computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup as shown on the image below.

When the install begins, you will see the “Setup wizard” which will help you set up Zemana Anti-Malware on your computer.

Once install is done, you will see window as displayed on the screen below.

Now click the “Scan” button to detect adware which cause misleading “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” popup warnings to appear. This process may take quite a while, so please be patient. While the Zemana utility is checking, you can see count of objects it has identified as being infected by malicious software.

As the scanning ends, Zemana Anti-Malware will open a list of detected items. Review the results once the utility has finished the system scan. If you think an entry should not be quarantined, then uncheck it. Otherwise, simply press “Next” button.

Remove “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” pop up warnings and malicious extensions with HitmanPro

If Zemana Free cannot get rid of this adware, then we suggests to use the Hitman Pro. HitmanPro is a free removal utility for hijacker infections, PUPs, toolbars and ‘ad supported’ software that displays misleading “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” pop up warnings on your computer. It is specially designed to work as a second scanner for your PC.

Please go to the link below to download HitmanPro. Save it on your Windows desktop.

Once downloading is done, open the file location and double-click the HitmanPro icon. It will run the HitmanPro utility. If the User Account Control dialog box will ask you want to launch the application, press Yes button to continue.

Next, click “Next” . HitmanPro tool will start scanning the whole personal computer to find out adware which cause misleading “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” popup scam to appear. While the tool is scanning, you can see how many objects and files has already scanned.

Once the scan get finished, HitmanPro will create a list of unwanted programs adware as displayed in the figure below.

Review the report and then click “Next” button. It will show a prompt, press the “Activate free license” button. The HitmanPro will get rid of adware which causes misleading “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” pop-up scam on your web browser and move threats to the program’s quarantine. When disinfection is finished, the tool may ask you to restart your personal computer.

How to automatically delete “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” with Malwarebytes

We suggest using the Malwarebytes Free which are completely clean your computer of the adware. The free utility is an advanced malicious software removal program designed by (c) Malwarebytes lab. This program uses the world’s most popular anti malware technology. It is able to help you remove intrusive “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” pop-up scam from your internet browsers, PUPs, malware, browser hijackers, toolbars, ransomware and other security threats from your personal computer for free.

Once the downloading process is finished, close all apps and windows on your computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s called mb3-setup as displayed on the screen below.

When the setup begins, you’ll see the “Setup wizard” which will help you setup Malwarebytes on your PC system.

Once install is done, you will see window as shown in the figure below.

Now click the “Scan Now” button to perform a system scan with this tool for the ad supported software that causes web browsers to display misleading “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” popup warnings. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient. During the scan MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) will find threats present on your PC system.

When the scan is done, MalwareBytes will open a screen that contains a list of malware that has been found. Review the report and then click “Quarantine Selected” button.

The Malwarebytes will now begin to delete adware that created to display misleading “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” pop-up within your web browser. When disinfection is complete, you may be prompted to restart your PC.

The following video explains steps on how to remove hijacker, adware and other malware with MalwareBytes Free.

Run AdBlocker to block “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” scam and stay safe online

Run ad blocking program such as AdGuard in order to block advertisements, malvertisements, pop-ups and online trackers, avoid having to install malicious and adware browser plug-ins and add-ons which affect your system performance and impact your PC security. Browse the Net anonymously and stay safe online!

After downloading it, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” program window. Follow the prompts.

Once the installation is done, click “Skip” to close the installation program and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial that will assist you get to know AdGuard better.

In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you start your system, AdGuard will launch automatically and block unwanted pop-up ads, “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” scam, as well as other malicious or misleading sites. For an overview of all the features of the application, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the icon called AdGuard, which can be found on your desktop.

How can you prevent the “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” pop-up warnings

Many applications made to show a ton of annoying advertisements within your personal computer’s web-browser. So, when you installing free applications, carefully read the disclaimers, choose the Custom or Advanced install mode to watch for third-party programs that are being installed, because some of the apps are PUPs like this ad supported software that cause misleading “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” pop-up warnings to appear.

Finish words

After completing the step-by-step guide above, your computer should be clean from this adware and other malicious software. The Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox will no longer display unwanted “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” webpage when you surf the Web. Unfortunately, if the instructions does not help you, then you have caught a new adware, and then the best way – ask for help.

Please create a new question by using the “Ask Question” button in the Questions and Answers. Try to give us some details about your problems, so we can try to help you more accurately. Wait for one of our trained “Security Team” or Site Administrator to provide you with knowledgeable assistance tailored to your problem with the intrusive “Your Computer Might Be Infected By Trojans” fake alerts.

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